36485

1880

28 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (37 1/2 x 45 1/2 x 4 in.)

oil on canvas

Signed lower left, "Sisley"

Printemps a Veneux

ALFRED SISLEY (1839-1899)

A founding member of the Impressionist movement, Alfred Sisley is known as the most pure of the Impressionist painters. He lived and worked in Paris for much of his career, moving to the small town of Moret-sur-Loing, near the edge of the Fountainebleau forest, in the 1880s. Captivated by the picturesque town, Sisley even tried to persuade

Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, by August 1891)Paul Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the above, 1901)Private collection, Paris (by descent from the above, by 1959)Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 16 January 1962)Sam Salz, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 23 January 1962)Stephen Richard and Audrey Currier (by 1967)Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1984, lot 18Howard B. Keck, Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale)Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1991, lot 4Sale, Christies's New York, 8 May 2013 Richard Green Gallery, London Private Collection, acquired from the above

PROVENANCE:

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition de tableaux de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir & Sisley, April 1899, no. 134 (titled Le Printemps and dated 1878).Paris, Chambre Syndicale de la des Beaux-Arts, L'art ais au service de la Science aise: exposition d'oeuvres d'art des , et cles, April-May 1923, no. 224 (titled Printemps and dated 1878). Paris, e des arts coratifs, Cinquante ans de peinture aise, 1875-1925, May-July 1925, no. 75 (titled Les pommiers en fleurs and dated 1882).Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Tableaux de Sisley, February-March 1930, no. 7 (titled Paysage and dated 1872). Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Exposition de tableaux par Alfred Sisley, January-February 1937, no. 29 (dated 1882).

EXHIBITION:

G. Geffroy, Sisley, Paris, 1923 (illustrated, pl. 8; titled Le Printemps)G. Geffroy, Sisley, Paris, 1927 (illustrated, pl. 24)J. Jedlicka, Sisley, Bern, 1949, p. 30, no. 22 (illustrated, pl. 22; titled hling)V. Gilardoni, L'Impressionismo, Milan, 1951, p. 152, no. 43 (illustrated, pl. 43; titled Primavera and dated 1878F. Daulte, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, Lausanne, 1959, no. 356 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance)

LITERATURE:

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his friend Monet to join him in 1882. He found an abundant supply of motifs in the old ch ec e b ge , well l g he b k he L g. Ap -m ’ û à veneux was painted in 1881 in Veneux-Nadon, close to Moret-sur-Loing on the left bank of the riverLoing, where Sisley lived from 1880-82.